CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With a little more than five months remaining in Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s term in office, another round of ranking governor’s office staffers are requesting employment exemptions from the state Ethics Commission to allow them to seek jobs in the private sector.
That includes chief of staff Chris Stadelman, who was promoted to that post from communications director in June, after chief of staff Charlie Lorensen stepped down a month after getting his own employment exemption.
“I speak for myself and, I think, many of the others in saying I don’t plan to go anywhere. I plan to stay to the very last day,” Stadelman said Monday.
However, he noted that, under the Ethics Act, ranking members of the governor’s office staff are barred from even speaking with prospective employers about future job opportunities…
